Author Archives: wendy
One man and his wheelchair
The Road to Recovery: Lots of lovely benefits?
- By James Moore
- Notebook
- Tuesday, 30 August 2011 at 12:00 pm
Here’s the consolation for being stuck in a wheelchair: lots of lovely benefits. Hooray! Gimme gimme gimme!
My wife told me that so wondrous is the state’s largesse for wheelchair users that this is causing resentment among the able-bodied population. So much so that there have been incidences of attacks on the tube.
Worcestershire Association of Carers to launch a grand prize raffle to help raise funds for carers
County carers organisation launching a grand prize raffle
8:10am Tuesday 30th August 2011
THE Worcestershire Association of Carers is about to launch a grand prize raffle to help raise funds for carers so that they can have a much-needed break.
The ‘treat yourself’ theme for the wonderful range of prizes includes a top cash prize of £500, second prize is a dinner, bed and breakfast at the Hilton Puckrup Hall, plus many more fantastic prizes.
Autism myth debunked again
Vaccines don’t cause autism, but aren’t perfect: Report
(CBS/AP) Autism’s purported link to childhood vaccines has been debunked – again.
The Institute of Medicine says there’s no link between vaccines and autism and Type 1 Diabetes, as some have speculated. The Institute says they can cause side effects including seizures – but only rarely.
